WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -During the Cold War, from the mid-1950s to 1975, Africa underwent decolonization. Between 1945 and 1960, more than three dozen new states in Asia and Africa achieved autonomy or outright independence from their European colonial rulers.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Indian National Congress eventually agreed and two states – Pakistan and India-were granted independence on 14 and 15 August 1947 respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Many modern African nations gained independence during the late 1950s and 1960s, a period of intense Cold War hostility between the United States and the Soviet Union.

Detailed explanation-4: -When the war ended, and the Japanese themselves had been forced out, many Southeast Asians refused to live again under European rule. They called for and won their independence, and a series of new nations emerged. The Philippines became the first of the world’s colonies to achieve independence following World War II.